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Racemization of precursors to levobupivacaine and analogues thereof

US6156900A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1999
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07B55/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of optically-enriched pipecolic acid as a salt with an optically-active acid, comprises asymmetric transformation of pipecolic acid, as a racemic mixture of a mixture enriched in the opposite enantiomer from that desired, with the optically-active acid in a solvent comprising an acid that causes racemisation, in the absence of aldehyde.

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